Blue Eyed Grass

 

WILDSCAPES WORKSHOP POSTER 2013 WILDSCAPES WORKSHOP POSTER 2013 draft june 10.pdf

Wildscapes Workshop 2013

will be held September 7, at the Houston Zoo's Brown Education Center

 

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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Native-Plant-Society-of-Texas-Houston-Chapter/108454152626553

Native Plant Society of Texas   

    HOUSTON CHAPTER

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 131254, Houston, TX 77219
     

Contacts

 

NPSOTH Newsletter

Spring2013web.pdf

Please submit newsletter articles by:

Winter (Nov-Dec-Jan) deadline Oct. 10

Spring (Feb-March-April) deadline Jan. 10

Summer (May-June-July) deadline Apr. 10

Fall (Aug-Sept-Oct) deadline July 10

to Triciabrad (at) aol.com

 

 2013 Programs & Meetings

 

Volunteer Opportunities

Plant Lists

Deer Park Prairie

find other plant lists, events, seed collections opportunities and more at the Coastal Prairie Partnership Website www.coastalprairiepartnership.org

Native Plant Information -for printing updated March 2013

New- Native Plant Information with Hyperlinks! June2013NPSOTHoustonInformationPagesLinks.pdf

 Environmental Calendar updated May 16, 2013-

NPSOTH  Field Trips

Three field trips are scheduled for Spring and three for Fall. Field Trips are led by Dr. Larry Brown. We will continue to meet in the parking lot east of the Memorial Park Arboretum.  We meet at the Arboretum between 8 and 8:30 AM, and depart promptly at 8:30 AM. Please contact Paul Roling for any additional inquiries: 281-353-7413 or PRoling at att.net.

Please let us know what other information you'd like to see on our website! dknowlespe at aol.com


Thursday, June 20 Membership Meeting, at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center in Memorial Park. From January to November, meetings are held at the Houston Arboretum www.Houstonarboretum.org

Speaker: Malcolm Vidrine, Phd., Author and Prairie Specialist  "Connecting Dots:  Prairies, Mussels, Mites and People"  

Meet at 7 pm for refreshments, presentation at 7:30 pm.

Come early (6 pm) for a self guided hike around Houston Arboretum trails. We'll have refreshments, plants to share and door prizes. We would love to see you!

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Upcoming Houston Chapter Native Plant Society Meetings:  Visitors are welcome at all meetings and field trips!

 

July 18- Stephen Bruggerhoff-" Frontier Botany: Jean-Louis Berlandier and the Mexican Boundary Expedition, 1827"

 

August 15- Teri MacArthur -"Spring Creek Greenway Nature Center" - tentative topic

 

Sat., Sept. 7- Wildscapes Workshop and Native Plant Sale, at the Houston Zoo

 

September 19- Steve Hupp and Eric Ruckstuhl, Bayou Preservation Association -"Invasive Plants!" -tentative topic

 

October 17-  Linda Paisley-"Biomimicry: Native Flora & Fauna and the Important Lessons They Teach"

 

November 21 - Annual Social and Seed & Plant Swap

 

December 19 - Annual Holiday Dinner

 

Past 2013 Meetings and Field Trips:

 

January 17, 2013- Jason Singhurst, Texas Parks & Wildlife Botanist and Author, "Rare Native Plants of Texas" 

 

February 21 - Lynn Herbert-“Native Plants in the new A Garden Book for Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast"

 

March  21- Jaime González, Conservation Education Director, Katy Prairie Conservancy- "Nine Natives - A New Model for Public Engagement about Native Plants?"

 

April- 18-Annual Earth Day Celebration, with Michael Wariner, TPWD Invertebrate Biologist- "Native Bees in Texas- Needs and Management"

 

May 16 - Jim Blackburn, Attorney and Rice University Professor, "Natural Areas and Their Role in Disaster Preparedness"

 

June 20- Malcolm Vidrine, Phd., Author and Prairie Specialist  "Connecting Dots:  Prairies, Mussels, Mites and People"